How New Languages Emerge

by David Lightfoot

Book Overview

New languages are constantly emerging, as existing languages diverge into different forms. To explain this fascinating process, we need to understand how languages change and how they emerge in children. In this pioneering study, David Lightfoot explains how languages come into being, arguing that children are the driving force. He explores how new systems arise, how they are acquired by children, and how adults and children play different, complementary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521676290
• ISBN13: 9780521676298
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"